GBWhite
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Each to their own Mike. I think we've been down this path before and as I've said in the past we'll just have to agree to disagree on this one. I'm not sure who you directed your comment about reading Wikipedia to understand the meaning anthropomorphism, but as I'm sure you're aware it's been around a lot longer than Wikipedia has existed. It comes down to a person's interpretation of the term and as far as I'm concerned the post I referred to smacks of it. I read the Holtzman paper ages ago and I believe it was poorly undertaken and didn't prove a thing. Like the guy in the video alludes it didn't confirm snakes had any level of intelligence and as far as learning went it doesn't quantify if the snakes learn't to follow the coloured arrows or if they were simply instinctively following scent trails. I don't have a lot of confidence in what the girl states in the video either, I noticed that as said she could touch the snakes head and went to do so it instinctively pulled out of her hand. He refers to the way Titan reacted differently to him than Chelsie then asks, "Is that intelligence or just a chemical que?" He also makes note that snakes have poor eye sight and rely primarily on their sense of smell and asks "Is a person putting off a particular chemical que and the response they are getting from that and dealing with that person's particular chemical que is what they are going after?" All in all he doesn't seem to be convinced that snakes have any level of intelligence either. As I've also asked before, "Are snakes smart and do snakes have a certain level of intelligence or do they react instinctively based on chemical ques? No one will ever know until comprehensive studies are undertaken to prove it one way or the other.
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